Ludwig Van

Beethoven

By Warisara Bunluesak(Fon) &

Suphamas Cheewachutirungruang(Ju) 1209

❖ Birthdate : December 16, 1770

❖ Birthplace :

Bonn, Germany

Biography

❖ Date of death : Vienna, Austria, on

March 26, 1827

❖ Period of Music : Between the

Classical and Romantic eras.

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❖ His music influences :

Mozart & Joseph Haydn ❖ Type of music he wrote :

Symphonies, Opera, Concertos,

Piano and Violin sonatas, and

several overtures

Instruments that

he played

Piano

Violin

Organ

When did

he begin

studying or

composing?

Beethoven was the introduced to music by his

father, Johann van Beethoven, who is a

musician. He taught beethoven to play piano

and violin around age 5.

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➤ On March 26, 1778 , he had performed his 1st public

performance at Cologne.

➤ Later, he studied under Christian Gottlob

Neefe. By his help, Beethoven published his

first composition at the age of 12. His first

piece was 9 Variations in C Minor for piano.

He began his career when he was 14 as an assistant organist.

By 1787, Beethoven was sent to Vienna to study with Mozart

but only for two weeks.

In 1792, he He moved to Vienna and study

with Joseph Haydn, famous composer.

By his music talent, three years later, he made his public debut

with his first piano concerto.

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When did

he begin

studying or

composing?

Facts

He often put his head in cold water before

composing. 2.He would only teach music to people who

really had talent or were beautiful girls.

He was a heavy drinker which made him

once arrested as a vagrant.

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3. 4. He has 7 siblings but only 3, including

him survive till adult.

Beethoven had never been married since he always fell in love

with women who are unobtainable.5.

Five

Pieces

Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 in C-sharp minor)

- Period of music : Romantic

- Style : Romantic

- Duration : 15 minutes

- 3 Movements

- Adagio sostenuto, Allegreto, and Presto agitato

- Year of composition : 1801

- Instrument used : Piano

- First publication : 1802

- He dedicated it to his 17 years old student, whom he had a passion for but couldn’t

married due to the caste.

Symphony No. 5 (Op.67, C minor)

- Period of music : Classical

- Theme : The sound of fate is knocking on the door.

- Style : Classical

- Duration : 33 minutes

- 4 Movements

- Allegro con brio (C minor), Andante con moto (A♭ major),

Scherzo: Allegro (C minor), Allegro (C major)

- Year of composition : 1804-1808

- Instrument used : Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Timpani,

String, and Tacet.

- First publication : 1808- First performance : 22 December 1808

Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral Symphony, Op.68, F major)

- Period of music : Classical

- Theme : Represent the beautiful of nature in countryside

- Style : Classical

- Duration : 42 minutes

- 5 Movements

- Allegro ma non troppo (F major), Andante molto mosso (B♭ major)

Allegro (F major,) Allegro (F minor), Allegretto (F major)

- Year of composition : 1802-1808

- Instrument used : Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, trombone,

Timpani, and Strings.

- First publication : 1808

- First performance : 22 December 1808

Symphony No. 9 - Ode to Joy (Op.125, D major)

- Period of music : Classical and Romantic

- Style : Classical

- Duration : More than 1 hours

- 4 Movements

- Year of composition : 1818-1824

- Instrument used : Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani,

Crash cymbals, Triangle, Bass drum, and String

- First publication : 1824

- First performance : 7 May 1824

Piano Concerto No. 5

- Period of music : Classical

- Style : Romantic

- Duration : 37 minutes

- 3 Movements

- Allegro (E♭ major), Adagio un poco mosso (B major), Rondo: Allegro (E♭ major)

- Year of composition : 1809-1810

- Instrument used : Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Timpani, and

String

- First publication : 1811

- First performance : 13 January 1811

(Op.73, Emperor Concerto, E-Flat major)

Name of the

Compositions

Period of

HistoryStyle Instruments Used Movements

Moonlight

SonataRomantic Romantic Piano 3 Movements

Symphony No. 5 Classical Classical

Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon,

Horn, Trumpet, Timpani, String, and

Tacet

4 Movements

Symphony No. 6 Classical Classical

Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet,

Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, trombone,

Timpani, and Strings

5 Movements

Compare & Contrast

Name of the

Compositions

Period of

HistoryStyle Instruments Used Movements

Symphony No. 9

(Ode to Joy)

Classical

and

Romantic

Classical

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn,

Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani, Crash

cymbals, Triangle, Bass drum, and

String

4 Movements

Piano Concerto

No. 5Classical Romantic

Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon,

Horn, Trumpet, Timpani, and String3 Movements

Compare & Contrast

Moonlight Sonata Op. 27, No. 2

Presto agitato is the last movement of Moonlight Sonata which we chose to listen to. This movement is

thoroughly different from other two movement of the piece in the way that transition of every note was played

with a rapidly and powerful sound. It begins with a fast and strong accent of piano note. Notes are emphasis

which result in making the sound and dynamic become loudest and heaviest. This created a distinction from the

first two movement that play more softly and slowly. Gradually loud and powerful accent of note is techniques

that Beethoven used a lot in this piece. The combination of high and low notes affect in grabbing listeners

attentiveness. At the very end of the composition, the piano seemed to be softer and slower which like it is

going to end but suddenly it was rapidly played again with a loud dynamic which was compared as Beethoven

feelings of angry and pained that never comes to recover at that time.

The third movement of the piece is our favourite because of the feelings that we receive while listening

to it. We feel like he is telling his sufferings of his own story even though there is no lyrics. The complexity of

emotion is expressed through every note. The feeling of storm and thunder came to us immediately when we

first heard it. The waving of notes made us feel his anxiousness, tense and temperamental explosion.

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